(Minghui.org) Greetings, revered Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I would like to take this rare opportunity, the 23rd China Fahui, to report to Master and to share with fellow practitioners a few experiences from my cultivation practice.
In early May, I went to a nearby village to renovate a house. I learned that the husband and his wife had just returned from Shanghai. They were not very old and spent a lot of time chatting on WeChat. At first, I thought it might be difficult to clarify the truth to them because they were relatively young and lived in a large city. However, as a Dafa practitioner, I believed that no matter what others were like, I should first do my work well, show the goodness of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance through my actions, and then look for an opportunity to clarify the truth to them.
The next day, I had that chance. The homeowner’s father-in-law came to visit. After lunch, the couple went out to sift sand, and I stayed with the old man. I talked with him about quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated youth organizations. He said someone had previously told him about it before, but he had not quit.
I explained that when people joined the Young Pioneers in elementary school, they made a pledge to devote themselves to the CCP. By withdrawing from those organizations, they could cancel that pledge. I told him that doing so could help bring protection to oneself and help avoid misfortune. I also said that our meeting that day was not coincidental and that I fervently wished to share this information with him.
After listening, he said, “Now I understand. I wore the red scarf [of the Young Pioneers] when I was young. I’ll follow your advice and withdraw.”
After he left, I started working again. His daughter came inside and asked what we had been talking about because her father did not want to stay overnight. I clarified the truth to her and suggested that she also withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations using a nickname instead of her real name.
At that moment, her husband came in and heard the conversation. I explained it to him as well. I told them they had a happy family, traveled by plane, lived in a big city, and had many children and twin grandchildren. I said that learning about withdrawing from the Party organizations was a blessing. The couple gladly agreed to withdraw.
The woman then took out her phone and showed me videos of her grandchildren. I smiled and said, “You already showed them to me when I arrived. Let’s not spend too much time on that because I need to work.”
When I mentioned work, they said they had hired another contractor before me, but he worked very slowly, so they let him go after two days. They said I was honest and I always did extra work.
I smiled and asked, “You can tell that?”
The woman replied, “We’ve lived and worked in big cities. We can see the difference.”
I told them that our Master taught us to follow Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, to think of others first, and to be good people. I said I always worked the same way for every family and tried to save them money whenever possible, so I did my work with a clear conscience.
On the third morning, I returned to continue the renovation. The woman said, “The name you gave me yesterday [to quit the CCP] is very good. I changed my WeChat name to it, and I’m going to keep using it.”
She then told her husband, “You can change your WeChat name too. The name he gave you is good.”
Her husband smiled and said, “You’re right. I will change it.”
At first, I had thought it might be difficult to clarify the truth to them. However, with Master’s help, I was able to help the whole family accept the truth, and they all agreed to withdraw from the Party and its youth organizations. Even their WeChat names were changed! I felt they were truly saved by Dafa.
A few days later, I went to another home to renovate a bathroom. When I arrived, I saw that the wife had health problems and had difficulty moving around.
I said to the couple, “Whenever I see someone in poor health, I feel sorry for them. When I was in my thirties, I had many illnesses myself. After I started practicing Falun Dafa, all my illnesses disappeared. For the past 27 years, I haven’t taken any medicine or gone to a hospital. Nowadays, it’s rare to find anyone who can go 27 days without taking any medication. These days, many people are sick, and there also seem to be more disasters.”
The couple listened quietly, so I continued, “Falun Dafa teaches people to live by Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance and to be good people. Because of the persecution started by [former CCP leader] Jiang Zemin, many people have missed the chance to benefit from Falun Dafa. I have benefited a lot from the practice, so I want to share my experience with you. If you remember the phrases ‘Falun Dafa is good’ and ‘Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good,’ and withdraw from any CCP organizations you may have joined in the past, blessings and protection will come to your family.”
The couple understood and agreed to withdraw from the Young Pioneers. The husband’s older brother, who was helping at the house, also agreed to withdraw.
The next day, while I was working in the bathroom, the husband said to me, “Some tiles on my kitchen stove area are broken. That’s not part of this job, but could you fix them?”
I replied, “If I can help, I will. My Master teaches us to be good people.”
He said, “A few days ago, my uncle was remodeling his house. He wanted a tile worker to use some leftover tiles in a small storage space. The worker refused. My uncle then asked him to at least cut the tiles to size, but he refused to do that too."
I said, “It would be good if more people practiced Falun Dafa and they were considerate of others.”
That afternoon, I was almost finished waterproofing the bathroom when I suddenly felt severe pain in my lower back. I could hardly move. The homeowner noticed it too.
I thought, “There must be something wrong in my cultivation that allowed the old forces to interfere with me.”
I managed to finish the remaining work. Before leaving, I told them I would come back the next morning to install the tiles and explained how to prepare the mortar before I started.
After I got home, I told my wife what happened. She asked if I would be able to work tomorrow. I said, “I already told them to get the mortar ready early in the morning. I’ll be fine after I get some sleep.”
The next morning, while practicing the exercises, I found that I could not squat down because of the pain. I called the homeowner and told him not to mix the mortar until I arrived.
I looked within, “If there is a problem, I should look at myself first. In the past, when I worked at someone’s home, I tried to do a good job and then clarify the truth. I did the same thing at this house. Why did this happen? I already told them about Falun Dafa and how it improved my health. I can’t let people think badly of Dafa. No matter what, I must go today.”
When I arrived, I saw that the husband and his older brother had already mixed the sand and cement, but hadn’t added any water. They both said that if my back hurt I should not force myself to work.
I said, “Even without adding water, the cement will harden. It would be a waste. Go ahead and add the water. I’ll start to work, and if I really can’t do it, I’ll go home and rest.”
As I started laying tiles, I kept reflecting on myself. Then I realized that I started feeling too pleased with myself. Over the last two days, this family kept praising me and saying that I was doing such a good job. Clarifying the truth to them was also very smooth. In the past, I remembered that any success came from Master’s support. But this time, I was proud of myself because of all the compliments. I nearly forgot that I became a good person because I practiced Falun Dafa. I developed an attachment to praise.
When I recognized this, I was startled, “Had my attachment to praise created this hardship?”
Just then, the wife came over and said, “Can you work? If you can’t, that’s okay. We have pain-relief patches and medicine. Let us get them for you.” I politely thanked her but declined. The husband and his brother also came into the bathroom and said, “You’re working so fast. Half of this wall is already finished. Slow down and take care of yourself.” I smiled and said, “I am fine. Aren’t I doing much better already?”
I overcame this tribulation by looking inward and finding my attachment. This family was saved, and the renovation work was also completed successfully. I truly appreciate Master’s compassionate salvation. I also realized that one must hold oneself to a high standard at every moment in cultivation; a slight slacking off can lead to tribulations, which also adds to the burdens borne by Master.
One evening in late June of this year, just after I finished sending forth righteous thoughts at midnight and was about to lie down, fellow practitioner Bing arrived. He said, “After the Fa study today, Zhang and Zhou were taken away by the local police and they haven’t returned yet. I’d like you to come along with us to the police station tomorrow morning and ask for their release.”
We decided to head out the following morning. I sent forth righteous thoughts for a while more as I was still in bed, asking Master to help practitioners who were in trouble. I stopped thinking about my relatives who were in trouble. I just thought about practitioners as a whole, how to save people, and how to break up the evil persecution with righteous thoughts. When the alarm clock rang at three in the morning, Bing and I simply packed up and set off.
We arrived at practitioner Zhang’s house in the city 20 minutes before 6 o’clock. We decided to wait and send forth righteous thoughts at 6 a.m. before going to the police substation. However, practitioner Zhang returned home shortly after we arrived and told us that he was released after midnight, but practitioner Zhou has gone into shock and is currently in the intensive care unit; the police had agreed to take full responsibility and cover the medical expenses.
We brought some cash and hurried to the hospital for a visit. Once the attending physician arrived for his shift, he briefed Zhou’s relatives on his condition and stated, “Payment wasn’t made last night; you need to pay now to cover the outstanding balance before any further treatment can proceed.” The relatives called the police substation, but no one answered.
We realized that the police were trying to evade responsibility. I said, “We can’t just wait here at the hospital. We need to go find the police chief. If he doesn’t agree to pay the medical expenses, we will not leave the station.” Zhou’s relatives were not afraid either, and they all responded, “Understood.”
Upon arriving at the police station, Zhou’s relative said to the guard, “We need to speak with the station chief; our family member is in the hospital and in critical condition.” The guard said that the chief was not here. I asked, “This incident happened in the station last night. Surely someone should take responsibility?” The guard made a call to get instructions, and soon several police officers came out to meet us; among them was one of the officers who had participated in the arrest and interrogation.
I asked him, “Officer, what law has this young man broken? Why did you barge into his home and take him to the police station?” Cutting me off, he demanded, “Do you know what he’s done?”
Refusing to follow his line of reasoning, I replied, “I know he delivers food to customers to earn a living and support his family.”
The police officer mentioned that Zhou was distributing “certain items,” but he avoided any mention of Falun Dafa. It appeared that he knew that there was no legal basis for the persecution of Falun Dafa.
I said, “You claim he broke the law. Which specific law did he violate? Don’t assume that ordinary people know nothing about the law. What you are doing is illegal; the police are supposed to serve the people, not go around arresting them arbitrarily.”
By this time, many people had arrived at the police station for various matters. Fearing that others might overhear, a policeman told me not to speak so loudly. One also tried to intimidate us, claiming, “He broke the law by distributing Falun Dafa pamphlets.” Only then, after all this time, did they finally utter the words “Falun Dafa.”
Throughout my interaction with them, I remained composed and dignified, neither servile nor overbearing. I told them, “People should do good deeds and avoid doing bad things. It is a law of the universe that good and evil are met with corresponding consequences. I urge you to speak with your station chief immediately because a human life is at stake.”
With the strengthening and support of Master and the powerful righteous thoughts of practitioners throughout the entire region, we felt no fear. My righteous thoughts grew stronger, and I urged the police to pay Zhou’s medical expenses.
A while later, a policeman returned and said, “The money has been transferred; you can leave now.” We immediately checked with the hospital, but they said they hadn’t received the money. Zhou’s relatives agreed, “We won’t leave until you get this done for us.”
The policeman went around the corner to make another phone call. A few minutes later, he returned and told us the money had been transferred. Once the funds were in place, the doctors began treatment. Before leaving, I said to the policemen, “One should do more good deeds in life.” They remained silent, heads bowed, and went back to their posts.
This was a sudden test, a truly malevolent tribulation. Without Master’s protection, it would have been extremely difficult for me to make it through. With Master’s help, and with the righteous thoughts of fellow practitioners, we fought a battle between good and evil, ultimately disintegrating the evil factors in our local area. A few days later, Zhou returned home.
I have been practicing Falun Dafa for 27 years. I am deeply aware of the greatness of Master and the greatness of the Fa. In the limited time remaining for the Fa-rectification, I must cultivate myself well and help more people learn the truth, so that they may have a happy and wonderful future. I will continue to do the three things well and return home with Master.
Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!
(Selected submission for the 23rd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)